Movie

Shchors (1939)

• May 2, 1939
• 2h 20m

• Drama
• History

Overview

Cheered up by the revolutionary zeal, courage and energy of their leader, Nikolai Alexandrovitch Shchors, in 1919 the peasants and workers' groups gathered in the civil war- devastated Ukraine, to defeat the foreign conquerors and enemies of the revolution. However, it does not take long until a new danger threatens: this time the Polish Pans enter Ukraine, and General Dragomirov marches to Kiev. Shchors, however, gathers the revolutionary forces of the country and brings them to a victorious counter-attack.

Director

Alexander Dovzhenko

Writers

Alexander Dovzhenko

Starring

Evgeniy Samoylov, Ivan Skuratov, Luka Liashenko